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The skinny on the postdoc
When to get started, how to get one and what you can do to make the most out of it.

Going their own way
Whether seeking a niche experience or just unconventional training, these scholars found postdocs to suit their individual needs.

What you need to know to get licensed
Experts offer a lesson on how to become a licensed psychologist.

Words from the wise
Seasoned and early-career professionals share their tips for a fruitful psychology career.

APA'S ANNUAL CONVENTION

Meeting in paradise
Attending APA's 2004 Annual Convention in Honolulu is a great professional development opportunity for graduate students — and can be done on a student's budget.

CAREER CENTER

Marketing yourself on the Web
More students create personal Web sites to bolster their job searching.

Motivating the yawners
New to the classroom and encountering bored students? Here's how to wake them up.

CLASS ACT

A conservationist career
Graduate student Megan Wilson landed a job as zoo curator even before finishing her dissertation on giant panda play.

MONEY MATTERS

Possible student tax break introduced in Congress
The Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act would allow tax-free treatment of all scholarships, including room and board.

2003 APF/COGDOP student prize winners
Fourteen up-and-coming psychology students won 2003 graduate research scholarships from the American Psychological Foundation (APF) and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP).

Funding opportunities
Give your research a lift with APA and APF prize money.

Learn about cutting-edge research and network at psychology's regional meetings
Highlights, dates and locations for psychology's regional association meetings.

THE LATEST

APA offers advanced scientific training for students and others
What readers want in gradPSYCH
New book offers career advice for graduate students
GPE gives boost to geropsychology training

DEPARTMENTS

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Matters to a degree
Classified ads - jobs, internships, postdocs, etc.

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